Billionaire Is 390

Chapter 390 Strip

Chapter 390 Strip

Though every sculpture hore my face, sulle differences became apparent on closer inspection.

These weren't just random recreations-they captured me at distinct stages of my life.

It was undeniable now. The Carlyns had been watching the Sanders for years. The idea of being scrutinized, like an animal in a zoo, filled me with revulsion. I couldn't afford to lose my composure. There were answers to uncover.

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I gestured to a statue clad in an elegant gown. This was from the piano competition, wasn't it? When I won. You must've been 12 back then"

"Yes," he said, his tone almost reverent. "I've known about you for a long time. Chloe, you're like a jewel- brilliant and radiant, even in the darkest places

I forced myself to keep probing. The fake Anna-she's working with you, isn't she? What do you have against the Sanders? My sister disappeared when we were kids. Ethan and Jake-dead, and not just dead, but brutally so. My grandmother barely clings to life because of that woman. Why? Why all this

He didn't answer, offering only a cryptic smile. "You'll understand soon enough."

Then, as if dismissing my questions entirely, he shifted gears. "You must be hungry. Let's eat first."

The house didn't look like anyone had lived in it for years. Cooking was clearly out of the question, but he had brought food-instant noodles, the kind you could eat anywhere.

"Sorry, Chloe," he said, opening two containers and pouring in hot water. "No time for anything better today,

He handed me one, already prepared. I accepted it, though my appetite was nonexistent.

While he focused on his meal, I studied the room, letting my gaze linger on the sculptures. I searched for clues, anything to make sense of this nightmare.

But his obsession was singular. Every piece in the room depicted me.

Each sculpture was unnervingly lifelike, down to the expressions etched into stone. His skill was undeniable, but that only made it worse.

It explained a lot. No wonder he'd been so eager when he first saw Zoey's face-Even then, he must've seen her as a stand-in for me.

wouldn't kill me, I could tell I wouldn't

of madness, but his was worse-fueled by an

statues, intending to leave the room, but as 1 pivoted,

How had he moved so

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stepped back, only to feel the icy surface of

stood close, too close, his eyes alight with something I didn't

murmured, his voice low but steady,

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my chin and tilting my face up. His expression was unyielding and

a boy anymore. Whatever innocence might've been there was long gone. This was a man-a

that it felt frozen in place. My fingers, without my realizing it, clung to the

touch barely registered, but it sent a shiver through

countless times," he said, his tone unsettling in its calmness, "But I've never done it while

through me, loosening the grip of panic. It was just modeling. I hated how my mind

said, hoping to shift the conversation somewhere less

We have all the time we need. His eyes gleamed with an "almost

obsession seemed confined to his art.

a pair of containers. "The noodles are ready. Sorry, Chloe, but

sitting down and taking one of the containers. "Are we staying here

you here. Damian's already handled things-he's made sure she believes you're

voice remained composed, as though he were

else, you

in an accident. There's nobody. Nothing

was missing. But now it was clear-Damian had orchestrated an elaborate lie, one that even Carter would

fooled, but Carter?

do that?" I asked, my voice barely a whisper. "Yael, if Carl thinks I'm dead, he'll

thought of Carter, crushed under the weight of my death, was too much. I couldn't bear to imagine

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